I found a dead stinkbug in my DOLE packaged Italian Blend Salad, is it still safe to eat?!

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Yes it's still safe.
On average we all eat about 2 lbs. of bugs a year.
It's called the "Food Defect Action Level"( allowable insect fragments, bugs, rodent hair and excrement) allowed by the FDA in all our food.
Chocolate, peanut butter, fruits veggies, bread, flour, almost everything on Earth contains it.
Remove the bug and eat it( you'll also be eating other bugs that you can't see).
Unfortunately, you saw the bug.
Now you know.
Here's the info on what we REALLY eat every day.

http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/06…

Food business 44 years.

For gosh sakes, it's fine. Take the bug out and rinse the lettuce off in a colander under the sink (you should do that anyway even if it's bagged). REAL food often has bugs, twigs and dirt on it. The bug probably came from the field not the factor and wasn't washed away in their washing process. People get freaked out by finding bugs in food because we're used to all this sanitary packaged chemical filled crap.

I think it's okay if you just wash it. People get mad over pesticides, and then if there's bugs in their food, they get mad too. Even though those probably were grown with pesticides and still had bugs, it's not always avoidable.

Yes.
Having been in the salad won't hurt the taste of the stinkbug, but it probably won't make it taste any better, either.

erm, i wouldn't eat it.
the company obviously doesn't know hygiene well.

I really woudn't eat it..

I really woudn't eat it!

It's probably ok, but I wouldn't eat it. That would be enough to spoil my appetite.

Ewww I wouldnt bcuz they can let out a horrible aroma...yuk...dont do it!!!